Hence, especially when the majority is uncultivated, it is beneficial to have chiefs designated beforehand through the hereditary custom by which people follow them, and through the special education by which they are qualified.

In this case the public has no need to seek for them to obtain them.

They are already at hand, in each canton, visible, accepted beforehand; they are known by their names, their title, their fortune, their way of living; deference to their authority is established.

They are almost always deserving of this authority; born and brought up to exercise it they find in tradition, in family example and in family pride, powerful ties that nourish public spirit in them; there is some probability of their comprehending the duties with which their prerogative endows them.
Such is the renovation, which the feudal regime admits of.

The ancient chieftain can still guarantee his pre-eminence by his services, and remain popular without ceasing to be privileged.